Лекции по теоретической грамматике английского языка. Тивьяева И.В. - 33 стр.

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Consider also: Jim has a good knowledge of Greek, where a denotes a

subamount of knowledge,

Jim’s knowledge of Greek.

A certain difficulty arises when we analyze such sentences as The horse is

an animal and I see a horse. Do these nouns also form the opposemes of the

category of determination? We think that they do not: the horse is a subclass of the

animal class; a horse is also restricted - it denotes an individual member of the

horse subclass.

Cf. The horse is an animal. vs. A horse is an animal.

Unlike the nouns in the above examples, the nouns here exhibit

determination at the same level: both the horse and a horse express a subclass of

the animal class.